I have an antique doll for sale. What do I need to know to…

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I have an antique...

I have an antique doll for sale. What do I need to know to set a price? It's likely close to 100 years old

Expert's Assistant: Don't you just love the idea of finding something valuable in your attic? I do, but I think all I have up there is junk my brothers abandoned before they left home. Always a good idea to check things with the Antiques Appraiser, though. Tell us what else you do know and the Antiques Appraiser will be able to better assist you.

The doll has wooden legs and arms that bend at the joints, a bisque head, hair that may be real hair, she is about 24 inches long. She has real teeth

Expert's Assistant: Is there anything else the Antiques Appraiser should be aware of?

Well she has a date on back of head 1912, a cross on back of head and name madeindia.

Experience: 25+ years experience in Antiques, Certified Appraiser, Speaker, Member of AOA, Asheford Institute Antiques,and I am an Antique Researcher

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Hello my name is***** am a certified appraiser and would be happy to help you. Please post a photo of the doll if possible front, back and close up of the markings or date. This will help me in giving you an accurate value if photos are not possible I will go by your description and give you the information. What color eyes does she have? Do they open and close? hair color? hair style? original clothes or has she been redressed? Thank you to post photos click on add files, file upload or paperclip button and follow the prompts. I look forward to helping you.

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Customer reply replied 6 months ago

Can I send u pix via email

Customer reply replied 6 months ago

I sent picture via email

Customer reply replied 6 months ago

Redressed in a baby nightgown, very old. Hair seems to have been sewn to head. Eyes are open but don't really shut

Thank you for the photos. The doll in the white gown is a Dressel family doll. The Dressel Family toy and doll business in Sonneberg, Germany had a long history, It vegan in 1789 and ended in 1942. It passed from one generation to the next, by 1873 the company was known as the Cuno & Otto Dressel Factory. Over the years Cuno & Otto Dressel produced dolls of bisque, celluloid, china, composition, hard paste, papier mache, wax or wood; Täuflinge or baby, child, lady and portrait dolls. Some were jointed in legs, some in arms and a variety in arms and legs. The value of the doll in the white gown and in box is 450-525.00

Now the purple gowned doll - does she have any markings? She does not look to be the same doll and appears newer.

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